Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 18:23:54 -0500
From: Lauren Corbett <lcorbet@emory.edu>
Subject: Re: Searching accross databases -- Bob Scheier

Better late than never:
Two more federated search products are WebFeat Prism from ISI and Sirsi
Single Search.

 >From: "Bob Scheier" <rscheier@nyit.edu>
 >Subject: RE: Searching accross databases -- Fatme Charafeddine
 >Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 14:13:09 -0500
 >
 >
 >OCLC's open source Sitesearch can search across any Z39.50 compliant
 >database. Also most OPAC's have Z39.50 capabilities. There are other
 >commercial software products that offer Z39.50 including OCLC, but I
 >have forgotten what their new product is.
 >
 >Regards,
 >Bob
 >
 >
 >=====================================
 >Robert H. Scheier
 >Serials/ILL Librarian
 >New York Institute of Technology
 >Wisser Library
 >Wheatley Rd., P.O. Box 8000
 >Old Westbury, New York 11568-8000
 >Phone: (516) 686-7624
 >Fax: (516) 686-1152
 >Email: rscheier@nyit.edu
 >Library Web Site: iris.nyit.edu/library
 >College Web Site: www.nyit.edu
 >=====================================
 >
 >"I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world
 >revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. We
 >must rapidly begin the shift from a "thing-oriented" society to a
 >"person-oriented" society. When machines and computers, profit motives and
 >property rights are considered more important than people, the giant
 >triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism are incapable of being
 >conquered. "
 >
 >-- Martin Luther King from his speech, Beyond Vietnam:  A Time To
 >Break Silence,? Riverside Church, New York City 4 April 1967
 >
 >
 > >-----Original Message-----
 > >From: "Fatme Charafeddine" <fc01@aub.edu.lb>
 > >Subject: searching accross databases
 > >Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 13:22:34 +0200
 > >
 > >
 > >Looking for a service or product that can provide a one stop search
 > >across databases from different vendors.
 > >Thanks for any help
 > >
 > >Fatme Charafeddine
 > >Serials Librarian/Jafet Library
 > >American University of Beirut
 > >http://www.aub.edu.lb/
 >
 >

--
Lauren Corbett
Acquisitions Team Leader &
Interim Division Leader for Information Resources
Emory University -- Woodruff Library
ph: 404 712 1818
fax: 404 727 0408